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The Second PCW Microcomputer Chess Championship was held November 1-3, 1979, as part of the Personal Computer World exhibition, London, United Kingdom.

Final Standing

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#	Program	CC	1	2	3	4	5	P	G
1	Sargon	US	7w1	4b1	2w1	3b1	6b1	5	5
2	Vega	GB	5w1	3b1	1b0	6w½	8b1	3½	5
3	MyChess	US	8b1	2w0	4b1	1w0	7w1	3	5
4	Tiny Chess 86	NL	6b1	1w0	3w0	bye	9b1	3	4
5	Mike II	GB	2b0	9w1	6b0	8w1	bye	3	4
6	Chess Challenger Voice	US	4w0	7b1	5w1	2b½	1w0	2½	5
7	Max	GB	1b0	6w0	bye	9w1	3b0	2	4
8	Delta	GB	3w0	bye	9b1	5b0	2w0	2	4
9	Wizard	GB	bye	5b0	8w0	7b0	4w0	1	4

• CC Country Codes

Participants

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Program	CC	Authors
Chess Challenger Voice	US	Ron Nelson [3]
Delta	GB	Dave Wilson
Max	GB	Guy Burkill
Mike II	GB	Mike Johnson
MyChess	US	David Kittinger
Sargon	US	Dan and Kathe Spracklen
Tiny Chess 86	NL	Jan Kuipers
Vega	GB	David Broughton
Wizard	GB	Jeffrey and Clare Cooper

• CC Country Codes

Battle for Survival

Max versus Wizard was reported in Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6 with remarks given by Morris Miller, "A comedy of errors in which the readers can supply their own question marks, exclamation points, asterisks and stars" ^[4]

[Event "PCW-MCC 1979"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1979.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Max"]
[Black "Wizard"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 Nd6 5.Nc6+ Be7 6.Nxd8 Kxd8 7.d4
Re8 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nb5 Nf5 10.Bf4 d5 11.Bxc7+ Kd7 12.O-O-O Nd6 13.Qg4+
f5 14.Qxg7 Ne4 15.Qxh7 Ng5 16.Qxf5+ Ne6 17.Qxd5+ Bd6 18.Qxd6# 1-0

Tournament Director

• David Levy

Reports

• Kathe Spracklen (1979). Second Annual European Microcomputer Chess Championship - Results and Authors. ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2
• Editor (1980). Battle for Survival. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6 » Battle for Survival

External Links

• PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
• Chess Computers - The UK Story by Mike Watters
• Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters - Hang Up Your Hang Ups, Chelsea College of Arts, London 1979
  Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Alphonse Mouzon , Bennie Maupin, Ray Obiedo, Bill Summers, Webster Lewis Jr.
  

References

1. ^ PCW Micro-Computer Chess Championships, old CSVN site
2. ^ Kathe Spracklen (1979). Second Annual European Microcomputer Chess Championship - Results and Authors. ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2
3. ^ Fidelity Chess Challenger Voice from Schachcomputer.info Wiki (German)
4. ^ Editor (1980). Battle for Survival. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 6

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